I am really fired up this morning! It is a gorgeous sunny fall day here on Kawagama Lake and I started my morning with some yoga. After being away from home for a few weeks, I can already feel the difference in my step.
We took a trip out to Halifax to drive my daughter's car to her as she drove out with a friend and is in 4th year of Chemical Engineering at Dalhousie.
We were there just in time for Hurricane Fiona! We were fine but it was scary to be a part of that and to be facing the unknown once again.
We then came back and I stayed in the city to spend time at rdhu in Burlington and also to prepare for our event that was last Friday, September 30th with the ODHA, Crest & Oral B at the beautiful Dentsply Sirona Academy. It was so great to be with 40 dental hygienists for the day for some experiential learning! Dani Botbyl, myself and Beth Parkes all presented for the day. Our hearts were full.
It was definitely a highlight for us to be presenting in such a gorgeous state-of-the-art facility. If you ever get the chance or are planning a trip to Toronto, perhaps take a look at their CE schedule to see if there is something going on for you to participate in.
I am happy to be back to my routine and back to Designing my Day! As you know, when we don't design our day, someone else will take control of our day for us!
We are now into the last quarter of 2022. This year has seemed to fly by faster than most!
I love starting a new quarter. I have my new 3-month journal that I cracked open on the weekend and took some time to evaluate where I am with my goals for this year and what I need to do to really end 2022 strong!
Where are you with your goals?
My fitness goals are behind as I started my summer with my other ankle breaking, had a super busy summer with running my first fundraiser, hosting many guests and September was go-go-go. I now have 3 months to make myself a priority. Every day is a new day and we can reset the button whenever we want. No one is perfect. We all fall off our plans and thats okay. We can re-evaluate, reset and recreate SMART Goals.
This is a great time of year to assess goals in these areas:
- Health and Fitness - are you on track? (vitamins, walking, breathing, strength training, eating healthy).
- In your Workplace - are you happy? What can you do to either tweak your current situation just a bit to bring re-engagement to your practice or is it time to expand and see what else is out there? Or are you content? If you are content, we never stay the status quo. We keep learning and growing!
- Family - are you connecting with family members? Sometimes it takes an effort and some planning to ensure that you are paying attention to or connecting with a family member.
- Friends - have you set time aside to be with some of your besties to have a good laugh and reconnect?
- Spiritual - perhaps you meditate or belong to an organization or a church.
- Rest - Do you look for ways that you can rest? Perhaps a monthly spa day, meditation or set time aside to read with a nice cup of tea. Resting is so important and if we don't plan for some rest time, chances are we won't get rest!
- Hobbies - perhaps you are looking at adding some creativity to your life.
We have some exciting things set for this last quarter!
A FREE webinar tonight with Dr. Hyland and Kerry Lepicek, discussing all things Halitosis.
Have you considered becoming a Myofunctional Therapist? I am undergoing Myofunctional Therapy at the moment and can't believe the strength in the back of my palate and tongue.
Our FREE CE show The RDH View has a very engaging and inspirational guest joining us THIS Friday. We will be discussing Mouth Taping! We have over 200 registrants already! Click here or see details below.
Have you always wanted to expand your skillset to the field of Orthodontics?
We are thrilled to have Jo-Anne Jones (my bestie, besides Beth :)) join us for a hands-on experiential day sharing stories and expanding our skill on early detection for Oral Cancer Screening ~ The Ultimate Experiential Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Workshop.
We have had sold out laser programs as lasers are becoming a must-have adjunct tool and skillset to be educated and trained on. Click on the link to access future dates.
We have a full line of Live Streaming Courses to help transform the dental hygiene experience! We hope you will join us and continue to push forward and elevate our profession.
Have a great week ahead! Please take a look below for what is coming up!
Kindest regards,
Kathleen
